The Cay
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Survival -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Prejudices -- Fiction; Blacks -- Fiction; Shipwrecks -- Fiction
Description: When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
Notes: Sequel: Timothy of the cay.